Cookbook Giveaway Winner!!

I have to tell you, I really loved reading the Comments that came in from this giveaway. So many wonderful traditions, I think I may have to steal a few for my own Christmas celebration!

But there can only be one winner and the results are in! A big thank you to everyone who entered, thank you so much for reading (and staying with me, even when posts become less frequent…) - the winner of Little Scarlet’s second giveaway is:

“Megdh”, you’ve won this copy of Bon Appétit Desserts and a one-year subscription to Bon Appétit! Please send me an e-mail at littlescarlet (dot) blog (at) gmail (dot) com with your shipping information so I can mail it to you. And if it’s not a secret, I’d love that recipe for your mother’s Russian tea cakes!

Thanks again to everyone who commented – have a very happy holiday and a wonderful New Year!

Bon Appétit Giveaway!!

If there’s one thing that all December holidays have in common, it’s that people can’t get enough desserts. Between bake sales and Bûche de Noël, figgy pudding and sugar plums, December’s full of reasons to indulge in your favorite sweets. And to get everyone ready for the holiday season, Little Scarlet is having its second giveaway!

Bon Appétit has compiled the very best of over 50 years worth of dessert recipes in their new book, Bon Appétit Desserts: The Cookbook for All Things Sweet and Wonderful.

With over 600 recipes, this master tome has something for every taste and every skill level. And to make things even easier, each recipe is graded on a “whisk” scale of difficulty, so you know right away if the recipe you’re looking at is easy (one whisk) or a pull-out-all-the-stops-spend-the-day-in-the-kitchen kind of recipe (four whisks).

Full of beautiful pictures and helpful hints, this book runs the gamut from cakes to pies, cookies to soufflés, ice cream to candy.

If you want to make chocolate chip cookies or vanilla cupcakes, it’s there.

Baklava cheesecake or Zabaglione Tart with Marsala-Lemon sauce? That’s in there too.

And the chapter on bar cookies & brownies means you’ll probably never need to consult another cookbook for any bake sale ever again. And even if you don’t bake that often, this book is so comprehensive, it’s really the ultimate reference guide for that one day a year when inspiration strikes and you just need to make your own ice cream – from scratch. (Did I mention there’s a whole chapter on ice cream & sorbet?)

And if you don’t bake at all? Well, it’s also perfect for prettying up the coffee table!

So now that I’ve got your attention, I’m going to sweeten the pot a little (oh yes, pun most definitely intended!) – as extra incentive to keep reading and ignore my total delinquency from time to time, the winner of this Cookbook Giveaway will also receive… a one-year subscription to Bon Appétit!!


Here’s how to enter:

The contest will run through the weekend, ending at midnight on Sunday, December 12 (open to the 48 contiguous United States). So between now and Sunday, here are the different ways you can enter!

• Leave a Comment on this post about your favorite holiday tradition, memory, food, most epic holiday disaster… anything you want!

And for extra chances to win, try these *one-time bonus entries* for a higher chance of winning:

• Follow @Little_Scarlet on Twitter. Come back and leave a new Comment on this post saying that you’ve done so.
• Become a fan of Little Scarlet on Facebook. Come back and leave another new Comment on this post saying that you’ve done so.
• Follow Little Scarlet’s RSS feeds in Google Reader, or the RSS feed site of your choosing. And then just come back to this post and leave a new Comment saying you’ve done so.
• “Buzz” this post (and Little Scarlet!) on Foodbuzz, by clicking here or here (and then click the “buzz it!”/“buzz'em” icon). And leave another Comment about it!

And if you just need to have this book and aren’t about to let a free subscription slip away from you, give yourself even better odds of winning with a *once-daily bonus entry*:

• Leave another holiday-themed Comment on this post
• Re-Tweet this post and Comment here with the link to that Twitter status (limit 1 eligible RT daily). To make it easy, you can either RT from our initial tweet (here) – or you can just copy and paste this: “@Little_Scarlet Bon Appetit giveaway! visit http://bit.ly/gyaulL to win the bon appetit desserts cookbook and a one-year subscription!”

Again, the contest will close at 11:59 pm, Sunday, December 12. The winner will be chosen at random by Random.org, and will be announced at noon on Tuesday, December 14. *Note: The winner will have to contact me by e-mail with their info by 10 pm Wednesday, December 15 in order to claim their prize (littlescarlet (dot) blog (at) gmail (dot) com) – otherwise, a new winner will be selected.


Good luck, everyone!!!

Giveaway Winner!!

The results are in! Thank you so much to everyone who entered, it’s great to see such love and enthusiasm for barbecue!!

And the winner is:

Rachel, you’ve won the Stubb’s Bar-B-Q giveaway – and I love that you smoke your own butt! Please send me an e-mail at littlescarlet (dot) blog (at) gmail (dot) com with your shipping information so I can mail you your goodies.

Thanks again to everyone who commented for your well-wishes and for reading over the past year – here’s to many more years of great food with Little Scarlet!

One-Year Anniversary, and Barbecue Giveaway!

July is the one-year anniversary of Little Scarlet!! It’s been quite a year, with some really wonderful experiences – from participating in Foodbuzz’s 24-24-24 program to attending the NASFT Summer Fancy Food Show to becoming a KCBS Certified Barbecue Judge, the last twelve months have been so exciting.

And to commemorate this first year of blogging, Stubb’s Bar-B-Q is sponsoring a giveaway for Little Scarlet!

C.B. “Stubb” Stubblefield, the founder of Stubb’s Bar-B-Q, turned a simple barbecue restaurant in Texas into a nation-wide attraction. He served his legendary barbecue to hungry folks from all over, including musicians like Joe Ely, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Dolly Parton, and Willie Nelson, who would come to Stubb’s Bar-B-Q for its great food and weekly jam sessions. In 1989, Stubb’s friends finally convinced him to bottle and sell his sauce for restaurant patrons to buy as gifts – and home-cooked barbecue hasn’t been the same since!

Stubb once said, “Barbecue is eternal, like the Mississippi River. It’s big and it’s simple and it takes its own sweet time.” This is certainly true of any barbecue worth its salt (or worth its smoke!), but Stubb’s sauces can turn even that boring chicken dinner into something that tastes like it spent hours cooking in the Deep South’s barbecue belt.

The package that Stubb’s put together for one of Little Scarlet’s lucky readers to win contains a jar of Bar-B-Q Spice Rub, Original & Smokey Mesquite Bar-B-Q sauces, and a bottle of Moppin’ Sauce. It also contains the Stubb’s Bar-B-Q cookbook. I read this cover-to-cover when I got it, and it’s full of great stories about Stubb and the people who loved him and his cooking. Reading this book, I wish I had had the chance to meet Mr. Stubblefield while he was alive, but his memory is well served by the recipes in this book.

Want to seem like a barbecue pro? Start with the spice rub (for a little extra kick), baste with the moppin’ sauce while cooking (to keep the meat moist), and load up on Bar-B-Q sauce near the end (for final Stubb-worthy flavor).

So how can you win this fabulous barbecue set? The contest runs through Friday, July 23 (only open to the 48 contiguous United States, sorry!), and here are the different ways you can enter!

• Leave a Comment on this post about how much you love barbecue, your favorite barbecue restaurant… anything you want, so long as your barbecue enthusiasm comes through!

But that’s not all! For each eligible comment you leave, you get another chance to win, so try these additional *one-time bonus entries* for a higher chance of winning:

• Follow @Little_Scarlet on Twitter. Come back and leave a new Comment on this post saying that you’ve done so.
• Become a fan of Little Scarlet on Facebook. Come back and leave another new Comment on this post saying that you’ve done so.
• Follow Little Scarlet’s RSS feeds in Google Reader, or the RSS feed site of your choosing. Again, just come back to this post and leave a new Comment saying you’ve done so.
• “Buzz” this post (and Little Scarlet!) on Foodbuzz, by clicking here or here (and then click the “buzz it!”/“buzz'em” icon). Aaaand, then come back and Comment about it!

And if you’re feeling really ambitious, you can give yourself even better odds of winning with these additional *once-daily bonus entries*:

• Leave barbecue-related Comments on this post
• Re-Tweet this post and leave a Comment here with the link to that Twitter status (limit 1 eligible RT daily). To make it easy, you can either RT from our initial tweet (here) – or you can just copy and paste this: “@Little_Scarlet Stubb’s Bar-B-Q giveaway! visit http://bit.ly/9z1Dkd to win awesome bar-b-q sauces, rubs, & the Stubb’s cookbook!”

The contest will close at 11:59 pm, Friday, July 23. The winner will be chosen at random by Random.org, and will be announced at noon on Saturday, July 24. *Note: The winner will have to contact me by e-mail with their info by 10 pm Sunday, July 26 in order to claim their prize (littlescarlet (dot) blog (at) gmail (dot) com) – otherwise, a new winner will be selected.


Good luck, everyone!!!

The End of Thursday’s Terra Treats - and an Upcoming Giveaway!

Little Scarlet’s Thursday’s Terra Treats has received a phenomenal response over the past few months – thank you all so much for reading! Many of you have tried these recipes at home and have written in about your favorites. Megan from Wisconsin loved the bright, summer flavors of the Mexican Salad, and the Ricotta-Spinach Stuffed Shells were a big hit with Jeff from New York. I’ve loved working on these recipes, and cooking stand-alone vegetarian meals (instead of boring sides) has really pulled me out of my comfort zone and helped me try lots of new foods.

Unfortunately, I’ve discovered an unintentional side effect of Thursday’s Terra Treats – I’ve accidentally become an in-house vegetarian! The volume of vegetarian food I prepare is so high that, unless I’m out at a restaurant, all of my meals have now become meat-free – and that’s not something I ever thought I would say. I’ve enjoyed this project a lot, but all good things must eventually come to an end, and I think this segment has run its course.

But not to worry, I won’t leave you all in the lurch – with this bad news comes some great news! This Monday, July 19, Little Scarlet will be hosting its very first giveaway!! And I promise, it’s a really great one.

Thank you all for reading, commenting, and cooking along with the Thursday’s Terra Treats – be sure to check back at 10 am Monday for details on Little Scarlet’s wonderful giveaway prize and rules on how to enter!